Gaganyaan project: Govt allocates Rs 10,000 crore to send 3 Indians into space by 2022
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The Gaganyaan project was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Independence Day speech.
The Union Cabinet Friday approved the Gaganyaan project under which a three-member crew will be sent to space for at least seven days, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said.
The project will cost Rs 10,000 crore, he said at a press conference here.
Cabinet approves indigenous human spaceflight programme; Gaganyaan programme to carry 3 member crew for minimum 7 days in space at a total cost of Rs 10k crores.
— ANI (@ANI) December 28, 2018
The Gaganyaan project was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Independence Day speech.
He had said the mission will be undertaken by 2022.
India has already inked agreements with Russia and France for assistance in the ambitious project.